John Gazzola Explained

John Gazzola
Office:President of the South Australian Legislative Council
Term Start:17 October 2012
Term End:5 May 2014
Predecessor:Bob Sneath
Successor:Russell Wortley
Office1:Member of the South Australian Legislative Council
Term Start1:9 February 2002
Term End1:17 March 2018
Party:Australian Labor Party (SA)
Occupation:Trade union official

John Mario Gazzola (pronounced as /it/; born 1957) is a former Australian politician who was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council for the Labor Party from 2002 to 2018. He was President of the Council from 2012 to 2014.[1]

From 2003 to 2012, Gazzola was a member of the South Australian Parliament's Aboriginal Lands Parliamentary Standing Committee.

Previous to entering politics, Gazzola was secretary of the Australian Services Union (SA).[2]

Gazzola announced in February 2017 that he would not stand for re-election and would retire from parliament after the 2018 South Australian state election.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-29/russell-wortley-legislative-council-president-john-gazzola/5418668 Russell Wortley gets nod for Legislative Council presidency in SA Parliament: ABC 29 April 2014
  2. News: Mayne. Stephen. Tracking the unionists in parliament. 28 April 2014. Crikey. 25 January 2006.
  3. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/labor-upper-house-mlc-john-gazzola-to-retire-from-politics-at-next-election/news-story/cfd448c347315592c1271cf27c7d9afa Labor Upper House MLC John Gazzola to retire from politics at next election: The Advertiser 14 February 2017